# Option to reset likes on edit

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-reset-likes-on-edit/121727>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [June 30, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-reset-likes-on-edit/121727 "2019-06-30T21:00:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-reset-likes-on-edit/121727/1 "2019-06-30T21:00:55Z")

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There was an incident this weekend in one of the communities I work with. A heavily-liked post was edited to contain some pretty offensive viewpoints.

The users who had liked the previous version of the post in turn received abuse for ‘supporting such terrible statements’.

Likes and re-shares are one of the reasons platforms such as Twitter said an edit button would be inappropriate. I don’t want them to go for the nuclear option to disable likes wholesale, and instead wanted to ask- has any consideration been given to resetting likes on a post when it’s changed?

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